Yudai Kamisato
Yudai Kamisato
Director and writer. Born in 1982 in Lima, Peru, he grew up in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2003, while a student at Waseda University, he formed the Okazaki Art Theatre. Based on the episodes he collects while visiting various places, he presents works on the theme of people moving and crossing borders. In 2006, he became the youngest director to win the Best Director Award at the Toga Director’s Competition for staging Desire Caught by the Tail (by Pablo Picasso). In 2018, he won the 62nd Kishida Kunio Drama Award for The Story of Descending the Long Slopes of Valparaiso. From October 2016, he stayed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for one year on an overseas research grant from the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs. From 2022, he is a Saison Fellow II of The Saison Foundation. His plays have been translated and performed (including readings) in Seoul, Hong Kong, Taipei, New York, and London.
